How to Use middle ground in a Sentence

middle ground

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  • The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency.
  • Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground.
  • And instead, the judge picked a middle ground of sorts.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The judge asked them to keep trying to find some middle ground.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • And those on both sides of the issue say there may be no middle ground.
    — Amy Schoenfeld Walker, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • There has been no real middle ground for the Rangers in June.
    — Dallas News, 16 June 2022
  • There are a lot of teams that are sort of in that middle ground, that don’t know how the next two weeks are going to go.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • Lankford held out hope that a middle ground can be reached.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
  • And does transparency seem like a good middle ground here, to you?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2023
  • By now, the debate has more or less eased into a middle ground.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • Sonnet, the middle ground model, was twice as fast as Claude 2 and Claude 2.1.
    — Emilia David, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
  • This all points to the fact that the average worker is looking for a middle ground.
    — David Morel, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • There is no middle ground on the path to a livable future, at least not anymore.
    — Mary Annaïse Heglar, The New Republic, 3 May 2022
  • When black feels too harsh but camel brown is a bit too loud, chocolate brown is the perfect middle ground.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Despite her willingness to find a middle ground, commenters felt the mom did the right thing.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Nov. 2023
  • This 20-ounce size is a good middle ground for a single portion or a heftier one.
    — Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Hertzberg has portrayed himself as the conciliator, the man who can find the middle ground.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Well, there's another guy out there that's been trying to, maybe, be a more middle ground, Mike Pence.
    — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • But there is a middle ground, and assertiveness marks that sweet balance.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Acknowledge that desire, but look for the middle ground.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Judge McAfee has so far been cautious in his handling of the Trump case, seeking a middle ground in many of his rulings.
    — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Hot Sauce is the perfect middle ground—which makes sense, since the shade was pretty much engineered for my skin tone.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 17 May 2022
  • For those who want to try a more cropped style without giving up too much length, this lob cut is a perfect middle ground.
    — Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Really trying to live in this middle ground of not letting the highs affect me too much and the lows take me down too much.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Others in the town think there’s a middle ground, where stars don’t have to be a distraction, but can still be effective.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • This seems like a nice middle ground between that and waiting for the videos to happen to you and then tweaking them afterward.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Opt for a midweight option—those in about the 7.5 to 8 ounce range—as that will likely strike a comfortable middle ground, says Uetz.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Think of them as a good middle ground between skincare and pain relief products.
    — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • On the spectrum of visibility, there’s a middle ground where people see one side of you, but not all of you.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • For people who would like to dine out but find the Arizona heat unappealing, there might be a middle ground.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022

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